At the last Rural Coalition meeting Defra said they were considering the future design of the RDPE and would welcome views about the current (2007-13) RDPE. In particular, what features were felt to have worked well or not to have worked well. The RSN has collated evidence from eight of its members to produce this note which summarises the evidence from those local authorities and LEADER groups.

During November 2011 we conducted a survey among our "Community Group" members of which a large number are local (Parish and Town) councils from across rural England. The survey sought their views about statutory neighbourhood planning, as being introduced by the Government.

An online survey was circulated at the end of June 2012 to all RSN Membership lists to gather views on exisiting RSN services and future service development. The below link is an anaylsis of the results.